FAQ

Luxe vehicles are high-end vehicles beyond your typical commuter car. This includes well spec’d european vehicles, sports cars, luxury trucks, exotics, and collector vehicles. Roughly, if the list price is more than $25-30k your vehicle probably sits within this group.

Luxe vehicles are highly penalized in the current car buying and trade-in process as they are more unique and could take longer to sell. That leads to differences between trade-in and dealer pricing of close to $10,000 or more. Topmarq closes this gap by connecting high-end buyers with inspected and transparent high-end vehicles.

Selling a used car privately refers to when an owner sells their vehicle directly to another end-user of the vehicle. This is often the alternative to selling a vehicle to a dealer. Our article of dealers vs. private sellers goes into detail.

A car inspection is a key part of the used car buying process in which you enlist a qualified mechanic to do a complete review of the vehicle you’re considering buying. The purpose is to ensure that somehow who knows what to look for is inspecting the vehicle vs. just you armed with what you read on the internet. While some people like to think they can check a vehicle themselves, it’s completely reasonable to surrender that job to a professional. See our article on pre-purchase inspections for more info.

Topmarq charges 2 fees. The first is a listing fee that mostly helps us cover costs of getting vehicles inspected and up for sale. The second is a 5% service fee, which is how we make money on the service. When compared to 10% auction fees or dealer markups + doc fees, we believe we offer a very price competitive option.

In order to keep our listings consistent with our values and expectations, we review all vehicles before posting them. We operate within a specific band of vehicle types and as such only accept vehicles that fit within that.

Note: We are not inspectors and do not offer vehicle quality reviews.

We focus on Luxe vehicles that include well spec’d european vehicles, sports cars, luxury trucks, exotics, and collector vehicles. Roughly, if the list price is more than $25-30k your vehicle probably sits within this group.

We will try to respond to you within 24-48 hours. We rarely take longer than that.

Included in every listing fee is a pre-purchase inspection, ad writing assistance, a build sheet (window sticker) pull where available, and a listing with unlimited photos and information. We don’t charge per photo because those are what make cars sell! Why would we skimp on those?

For a limited time: we are offering cross listing on other sites FREE. We will post your ad on Craigslist and CarGurus FREE. Act now before it disappears!

Yes! After your vehicle is submitted, one of our specialists will assist you in gathering all the required information for your vehicle. They will also write up the description aspect for your vehicle based on the information you provide. No more worrying about knowing what to say! Let our pros do it for you.

All offers on Tomparq have a 3-day window to be responded to before they expire.

We allow a window of 2-business days after an offer is accepted to fund the payment. As the primary mechanism for payment is Wire Transfer, which is processed the same day, this allows sufficient time to initiate the transfer. This limit also helps minimize the number of people trying to hold vehicles without paying for them.

If the offer is below $25,000, you can increase an offer by $100. If it’s above $25,000 the minimum increase is $250.

Our Escrow.com integration ensures that all payments are secure and only managed in a licensed escrow system. In most cases, the payment method must be wire-transfer into the escrow account. This helps verify the payment faster so you can get your vehicle quickly! It’s also much cheaper than other options.

You can see https://www.escrow.com/support/payment-options for more information.

Because Topmarq is not a timed auction site, we don't have to rely on non-refundable fees like many of the other options available. We are able to charge buyers upon money transfer confirmation instead. As such, your are not charged if the money transfer is not completed. You'll just miss out on a great used vehicle!

Sellers only pay 1 fee - the listing fee. Once their vehicle is approved, sellers are directed to a credit card payment form to make payment. Once the vehicle is listed the seller pays no fees.